A variety of resources have been curated below to support your teaching and learning needs. Explore the links and let us know if you have any questions.
Curriculum Development Resources
Please access the for resources relating to undergraduate courses and program changes. For Graduate Programs, please visit the Graduate Curriculum Change Toolkit. The Curriculum Toolkit sites provide information for instructors on processes, required forms, and contacts.
A proposal development checklist is also available for use as part of the undergraduate curriculum development procedure.
Teaching & Learning Resources
Assessments
Alternative Assessments:
- Prepared by the Teaching Commons: Guide to Alternative Assessments
- Handout for using open pedagogy in assessment: OER as Alternative Assessment
- Unique tools for interactive experiences:
- Video production and feedback methods:
- Adapting 'traditional outputs' into virtual reality deliverables: CVRRICULUM program
Large Classroom Assessments:
Rubrics and Assessment Tools:
- General information on rubrics: Rubric Handout
- OERs for download:
- Alternate exam option: Open Book Exam Toolkit
Course Design & Delivery
Course Outline Template:
This course outline template may be used as a resource by instructors in the Faculty of Health.
Course Planning:
- Faculty forms (i.e., new course proposals, changes to existing courses): FoH Curriculum Toolkit
- Useful information on instructor responsibilities, course design and evaluation:
- Connect with your school/department's for valuable assistance in course readings and textbook selection. Please note that ordering textbooks and course-kits must be done several months prior to the course offering. For more details and timelines, visit the .
Course Design & Delivery:
Decolonizing, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Resource to facilitate disabled students' right to accommodation in placement:
- Final Report from the Working Group on Individual and Systemic Racism within the Faculty of Health
- Explore Teaching Common鈥檚 resources on DEDI in Teaching and Learning:
- D: Decolonizing (PDF)
- E: Equity (PDF)
- D: Diversity (PDF)
- I: Inclusion (PDF)
Open Educational Resources
Teaching & Learning Tools:
- Catalogue of HP5 content:
- (Student facing Pressbooks)
- (Student facing Pressbooks)
Textbooks & Course Materials:
- Repository of open texts:
- Repository for course materials:
- Repository for images and media:
- with over 68,500 academic peer-reviewed books
- Institutional open access repository:
Instructor Resources:
- Teaching Commons Toolkits
- York resource to help students transition to university courses: PATHS Instructor Toolbox
- York resource to help students transition into and through their programs: Envision YU: Tools for Student Success
Recommended Readings
Supporting Students
These resources can be shared with students in any course at York.
Student Resources:
Student Supports & Services:
Supporting Teaching Assistants (TAs)
We encourage you to share the following resources with your teaching assistants, providing them with the necessary tools and orientation to be successful in their roles as TAs.
- Teaching Commons TA/ITA Orientation webpage includes online modules with videos, resources, and tools to facilitate their transition into teaching roles.
- essential toolkit includes resources and supports to help prepare for first day of class, assessing learning and providing feedback, and understanding student needs.
- (PDF)
Sustainable Development Goals
快播视频 and the Faculty of Health are committed to incorporating the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its teaching and learning activities, where applicable.
- York's commitment to meeting the challenge
- Teaching the SDGs - an overview
- SDG-in-the Classroom Toolkit
Open Access Resources:
- SDG case studies related to policy:
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